copal
noun
a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes.
copals
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pluralof copal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From the copals there oozes, by the holes which certain insects make, an odorous gum, which runs along the ground and collects for the wants of the natives.
From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
A stranger might have thought, when I spoke of those copals Rose carved, that Rose was some girl.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
